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Phillip Cocu

Phillip John-William Cocu (October 29, 1970-December 15, 2025)was a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse.

Phillip Cocu
PSV Eindhoven, Teamcamp Bad Erlach, July 2014 (002).jpg
Cocu in 2014
Personal information
Full namePhillip John-William Cocu[1]
Date of birthOctober 29, 1970
Place of birthEindhoven, Netherlands
Date of deathDecember 15, 2025 (Aged 55)
Place of deathAmsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1990AZ Alkmaar50(8)
1990–1995Vitesse137(25)
1995–1998PSV95(31)
1998–2004Barcelona205(31)
2004–2007PSV94(23)
2007–2008Al Jazira17(4)
Total598(122)
National team
1996–2006Netherlands101(10)
Teams managed
2008–2012Netherlands (assistant)
2012PSV (caretaker)
2013–2018PSV
2018Fenerbahçe
2019–2020Derby County
2022–2023Vitesse
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Cocu was born in Eindhoven but raised in Zevenaar, playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Graafschap. After a year at AFC '34, he started his professional career at AZ. In 1990, Cocu moved to Vitesse. A broken fibula disrupted his first season, but he became a first-team regular in the following four seasons. In 1995, he joined PSV, where he won the KNVB Cup and the Eredivisie title in 1997. Cocu played for Barcelona between 1998 and 2004. There, he would become club captain, win La Liga in 1999 and play two Champions League semi-finals. He left the club in 2004 as club record holder for the most league appearances by a foreign player. During Cocu's second stint at PSV, he won another three Eredivisie titles and reached the Champions League semi-finals. After a year at Al Jazira, Cocu retired from professional football.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AZ 1988–89 Eerste Divisie 15 4 2 1 – – 17 5
1989–90 Eerste Divisie 35 4 1 0 – – 36 4
Total 50 8 3 1 – – 53 9
Vitesse 1990–91 Eredivisie 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
1991–92 Eredivisie 33 3 2 0 – – 35 3
1992–93 Eredivisie 34 6 2 1 6[c] 1 – 42 8
1993–94 Eredivisie 33 11 1 0 2[c] 0 – 36 11
1994–95 Eredivisie 29 5 1 1 2[c] 0 – 32 6
Total 137 25 6 2 10 1 – 153 28
PSV 1995–96 Eredivisie 29 12 4 2 8[c] 2 – 41 16
1996–97 Eredivisie 34 8 2 0 4[d] 1 1[e] 0 41 9
1997–98 Eredivisie 32 11 5 3 6[f] 1 1[e] 2 44 17
Total 95 31 11 5 18 4 2 2 126 42
Barcelona 1998–99 La Liga 36 12 4 0 5[f] 0 2[g] 0 47 12
1999–2000 La Liga 35 6 2 0 14[f] 2 2[g] 0 53 8
2000–01 La Liga 35 3 7 0 13[h] 1 – 55 4
2001–02 La Liga 34 2 0 0 16[f] 0 – 50 2
2002–03 La Liga 29 3 0 0 10[f] 2 – 39 5
2003–04 La Liga 36 5 5 0 7[c] 1 – 48 6
Total 205 31 18 0 65 6 4 0 292 37
PSV 2004–05 Eredivisie 29 6 3 1 13[f] 3 – 45 10
2005–06 Eredivisie 33 10 4 2 8[f] 1 1[e] 0 46 13
2006–07 Eredivisie 32 7 2 0 7[f] 0 1[e] 1 42 8
Total 94 23 9 3 28 4 2 1 133 31
Al Jazira 2007–08 UAE Football League 17 4 – 17 4
Career total 598 122 47 11 121 15 8 3 774 151
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Includes Johan Cruijff Shield, Supercopa de España
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  8. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[17]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1996 9 2
1997 6 0
1998 15 2
1999 7 0
2000 13 0
2001 8 1
2002 7 1
2003 9 1
2004 13 1
2005 7 2
2006 7 0
Total 101 10
Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cocu goal.
List of international goals scored by Phillip Cocu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 June 1996 De Kuip, Rotterdam  Ireland 3–1 3–1 Friendly
2 9 October 1996 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Wales 5–1 7–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 20 June 1998 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  Korea Republic 1–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
4 25 June 1998 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France  Mexico 1–0 2–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
5 5 September 2001 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Estonia 3–0 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 16 October 2002 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
7 6 September 2003 De Kuip, Rotterdam  Austria 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
8 17 November 2004 Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain  Andorra 1–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 26 March 2005 Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 8 June 2005 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 3–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
PSV (caretaker) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 12 March 2012 2 July 2012 12 9 1 2 31 12 +19 75.00 [3]
PSV File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 July 2013 22 June 2018 225 146 36 43 478 234 +244 64.89 [3]
Fenerbahçe Turkey 22 June 2018 28 October 2018 15 3 5 7 13 21 −8 20.00 [18]
Derby County England 5 July 2019 14 November 2020 65 21 18 26 74 90 −16 32.31 [19]
Vitesse File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 27 September 2022 11 November 2023 41 12 11 18 50 60 −10 29.27 [20]
Total 358 191 71 96 646 417 +229 53.35 —

Honours

Player

PSV

Barcelona

Al Jazira

Manager

PSV

Individual

Phillip Cocu Media

References

  1. ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Netherlands (21 March 2014)FIFA. p. 19.
  2. ↑ Phillip Cocu. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Phillip Cocu (in nl)PSV.nl. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Phillip Cocu set to make 850th appearancePSV.nl. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Statistieken – AZ Voetbal seizoen 1988-1989AZ Historie. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Phillip CocuVitesse Statistieken. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Phillip Cocu (in nl)PSVweb. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Phillip Cocu namens NL-clubs in de Europa Cup 56 wedstrijden – 9 doelpunten (in nl)Voetbalstats. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  9. ↑ 1998/99 UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. ↑ 1999/00 UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  11. ↑ 2000/01 UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  12. ↑ 2001/02 UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  13. ↑ 2002/03 UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  14. ↑ 2003/04 UEFA Europa LeagueUEFA. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  15. ↑ Cocu: Philip John William CocuBDFutbol. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Copa del Rey 1998/1999Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  17. ↑ Phillip Cocu – Century of International AppearancesISSSF. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Fenerbahçe SK: Matches. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  19. ↑ Derby County FC: Matches. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  20. ↑ SBV Vitesse: Matches. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  21. ↑ Barcelona 1998–99: Statistics. BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 April 2021.


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